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Kimmel Praised Five Countries’ Health Care Systems, HUGE Problem

Jimmy Kimmel berated Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Senator, for his proposed healthcare bill this week for the third consecutive time in a row.

Jimmy Kimmel argued that the healthcare bill takes away security from the people who need healthcare the most and is impairing those with preexisting conditions.

Please be aware Jimmy Kimmel, your insistence on how “other countries have figured heath care compared to America” needs some cautious and attentive consideration over the actual truth and horrifying statistics.

Jimmy Kimmel put vivid examples of other countries on a pedestal and adored some information that is completely distressing.

Jimmy Kimmel, take note: your statement on Tuesday night, “Somehow Japan and England and Canada and Germany, France, they all figured health care out, and don’t say they have terrible health care, because it’s just not true,” might bear some contemplation. Here are some indications that health care in the countries Kimmel lauded might not be the bed of roses he posits:

The conspicuous absence of a way to allocate medical resources—starting with doctors—makes it harder and harder for patients to get the care they need, when and where they need it. A vivid example: Japan’s emergency rooms, which every year turn away tens of thousands who need care. Furthermore, the quality of care varies markedly, and many cost-control measures implemented have actually damaged the system’s cost effectiveness. Meanwhile, demand for care keeps rising.

Japan Times added in February 2017: its rapidly aging society and shrinking ranks of premium-paying workers, coupled with the arrival of new drugs and technologies fetching phenomenal prices, are putting immense strains on the system, experts say, making its sustainability uncertain.

One million patients a week cannot get appointments with GPs, amid the longest waiting times on record, new figures show. Doctors said they were working “flat out” but under “unsustainable” pressure, leaving “worrying” numbers of patients without any help. The NHS figures show the number waiting at least a week to see their GP has risen by 56 percent in five years, with one in five now waiting this long.

The pressures left 11.3 percent of patients unable to get an appointment at all – a 27 percent rise since 2012. This amounts to around 47 million occasions on which patients attempted but failed to secure help from their GP, forcing them to give up, try again later or turn to Accident & Emergency departments.

The U.S.-based Commonwealth Fund, in conjunction with the Canadian Institute of Health Information, just published the results of its health policy survey of adults in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The results indicate that Canada is not just lagging, but is literally scraping the bottom when it comes to indicators of timely access to health care. Here’s a sample of our most spectacular failures:

And lastly, France: Bloomberg reported in 2013: “The French government says the health system will fall €5.1 billion short in 2013.” In 2014, a study published in Health Research Policy and Systems stated bluntly, “Major public issues remain unresolved. These include the shortage of physicians and expensive equipment, such as MRI, and the unavailability of emergency services in many rural areas.”

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